The League’s Civic Index: Measuring Your Community’s Capacity to Solve Problems and Thrive

2010 All-America City Finalist Webinar We are putting on an informational webinar to help finalists for the competition in Kansas City. The webinar includes tips on preparing for the event,...

An Invitation

By NCL Board Chair Sandy Freedman I would like to use the new AAC blog to invite everyone to attend the 2010 All-America City Awards in Kansas City June. This...

Buffalo, NY (region named AAC winnner in 2002 and 1996)

I live in Kenmore, N.Y., a first ring suburb of outstanding Buffalo, N.Y. Kenmore has been designated as top 10 neighborhoods in the U.S. for 2009 by the A.P.A. We...

Tell Us About Your All-America City

We would like to get some public participation going on this blog. Tell us something about an All-America City you know and love. It could be your hometown or a...

Statesville’s Q & A

In the last post we gave an example of a community (Somerville, Mass.) giving a ten-minute presentation at the 2009 All-America City event in Tampa. Here is an example of...

Somerville’s 2009 AAC Presentation

If you have never been to the All-America City Award, you may not know what to expect. So keep reading this blog. Here’s a video of a presentation from from...

Enter the All-America Stories multimedia contest!

The National Civic League is offering communities a new opportunity this year. We are holding our first “All-America Stories” competition. This multimedia award is separate from the annual All-America City...

2010 Project Count

I’ve been sifting through the All-America City projects for the 2010 finalists. Here’s what I’ve come up with: The big winner was projects that improve recreation opportunities for community members....

Statesville, North Carolina is a 2009 All-America City. Read about their award winning community projects here.